Find your nearest defibrillator
There are presently four defibrillators in the parish in case of an emergency. To access any one of them, dial 999 and give your postcode. You will be directed to the nearest. *** DO NOT LEAVE THE PATIENT UNATTENDED – PERFORM CPR. *** *** SEND A SECOND PERSON TO RETRIEVE THE DEFIBRILLATOR *** A guide to […]
Book a test drive and join the electric vehicle revolution
Three test drive events are taking place in Oxfordshire next month to showcase electric vehicles (EVs) and an innovative new way of charging them aimed at people without off-street parking. Oxfordshire’s park and charge team will be running live roadshow events in Abingdon, Witney and Henley in August. These free events will be an opportunity […]
FREE Litter Bug Detectives Trails for children
From Monday 9 August to Monday 30 August South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are running FREE Litter Bug Detectives Trails for children in 19 sites across southern Oxfordshire with the chance for schools to win litter picking equipment. The trails are being managed by local town and parish councils and follow […]
Out-of-hours highways service
Residents can now report a highways matter to Oxfordshire County Council outside normal office hours – including evenings, weekends and bank holidays – if there are concerns about it causing an accident or damaging property. The call adviser will discuss the urgency of the issue and take appropriate action as required. During normal working hours, […]
New Oxfordshire air quality website
In March 2021, the five local Authorities in Oxfordshire: Oxford City, Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse, together with Oxfordshire County Council were awarded a DEFRA air quality grant to develop an innovative air quality website for Oxfordshire. The authorities want the new website to be used as an important tool to inform, communicate […]
SODC message regarding waste collection
Following on from the recent troubles that many in Aston Rowant faced with regard to the collection of their recycling, SODC has issued a communication: “As you may already be aware, Biffa is experiencing continued issues with staffing which has led to serious disruptions in the waste collections service in our districts. The disruptions are […]
Green recycling bins
Aston Rowant – at least from the church to the school – has not had its recycling collected. It was due to be collected last Tuesday (13 July). SODC, or rather, Biffa, put this failure down to an ‘access issue’ which apparently relates a number of trucks collecting various items from the church following a […]
Good news for gardeners
Brown bins are back…
Mark LordChurch Magazine July 2021
July issue of the church magazine is available…